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The assignment: create an acrylic painting that features a prominent shadow, and use complementary colors in the piece. I ended up taking photos of my dad while he stood on a ladder and held a pogo stick in place. I put wire in his tie so that it would stay in place and look like it was flying back in the wind as he pogoed to work with briefcase in hand. Of course, it's nearly impossible to pogo well with only one hand on the handles, but this scene is not exactly something you'd normally see anyway, and that adds to the surrealness of the situation. I used the shadow that he cast onto the driveway and the position of it and then had to shoot the background in a different location to show that he was going down the street, making sure that the sun was shining down the road in the same direction that it had been shining on my dad. I was even more lucky with the background; the colors in it were nearly perfect to go with the color scheme of blues and oranges that I was going with. I ended up using and mixing only cerulean blue hue, cadmium red light (orange), black and white on the whole piece with the exception of a little yellow mixed in with the orange for some parts of the background and a little yellow mixed with the blue for the tie. The squinting, serious expression on my dad's face is perfect, contrasting with the ridiculousness of the situation.
6.75" x 19"
I'll guess 50 hours
spring/summer 2006
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~starlingthefairy May 14, 2011  Student General Artist
This. Is. Amazing.
Not only is it beautifully painted, it's a wonderful concept. :iconplusfaveplz:

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*Mottenfest May 5, 2009
an amazing piece, i feel like it'll move any second!

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~R3GiO Mar 22, 2009
That´s what I was asking miself... Why isn´t this a DD??? Such clever idea and great job... Nice work men... :ahoy:

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so weird; i love it.

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!landina Aug 1, 2008
so wonderfully strange, but still is he all like "hey i can dig it" and just keeps going just like if he has given up on life, really love this picture and the colores looks so natural on ths picture

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~Ego-Trap-graphics Nov 17, 2007
Way cool artwork.

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~Sebbythefreak May 18, 2007
lawl, really nice work, i love it.
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Absolutely perfect.
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~kamiawolf Oct 18, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Brilliant idea. This turned out really great for a simple school assignment. its pretty unique and the skill involved is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing :) You brought a much needed smile to my face.

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~egoodwinart Oct 18, 2006
thanks! glad I could make you and shelks smile and laugh.
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